To:HIS SISTER MARIA

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MileMaria Ilyinichna Ulyanova,Shirokaya Street, 48/9, Apt. 24,Petrograd,Russia

Oulianoff,Spiegelgasse, 14,Zurich I,Switzerland

February 15, 1917

DearManyasha,

Itoday received 808 francs through the Azov-Don Bank;
in addition to that I received 500 francs on January 22.
Please write and let me know what money this is, whether
it is from a publisher, from which one, for what and whether
it is for me. I must keep an account, that is, I must know
what the publisher has paid for and what he has not. I
cannot understand where so much money comes from;
Nadya says jokingly that I must have been “pensioned
off”. Ha, ha! The joke is a merry one, for the cost of living
makes one despair and I have desperately little capacity
for work because of my shattered nerves. But joking aside,
I must know more about this; please let me know. It is most
likely that one (or more) of your letters has gone astray
and I do not know what is going on. I am afraid to spend
the money (sometimes money was sent through me to a
sick friend).

Irecently received these books from you:Russkiye
Zapiski, Tvyordiye tseny na khleb, Trudovoye posrednichestvo,
Tulskaya statistika. I am very, very grateful.

Verybest regards to Anyuta, M.T. and Mitya. There
are no changes here, we live very quietly; Nadya oftenfeels poorly. The winter has been exceptionally cold, even
now it is still cold. How are all of you there? Are you
keeping well? We rarely get news of you.

Allthe best, many kisses,Yours,V. Ulyanov